Osborne delivered his Budget to the House of Commons this afternoon – and putting it simply it means more austerity and more cuts. It is a budget tactically designed to support and favour the wealthy, whilst leaving those who aren’t of the elitist class to face the detrimental consequences. However, it’s not really surprising. It just reaffirms that the Conservatives aren’t the party of the people. They are a party with unfairness at their core, they simply want to protect their own through maintaining their hierarchal position favoured by the capitalist system.

This Budget will impact on the majority of people in the UK. The rich will continue to get richer with the cutting of corporation tax for big business as well as the tax cut for high earners. Those with more money paying less, whilst those on the lowest incomes continue to receive limited support.

The “long term economic plan” is in tatters, but ensures one thing – it is locking the UK into a future of austerity. The Conservative Government is ripping to shreds the Welfare State which the Labour Government of 1945-51 so proudly established. If the Conservatives are reelected in 2020 – the NHS might not even exist.

This is the Budget of 2016, it will only get worse. Each year, the young, the old and the disabled will all be pushed further and further away from living a secure life, whilst those at the top prosper. Osborne’s Budget isn’t designed to boost Britain, it is designed to boost the wealthy – it is a Budget for tax dodgers – not tax payers.

As Osborne delivered this Budget, Cameron looked across smugly at the opposition benches, thinking that his party has achieved something. It is an achievement for the Conservatives, no doubt, but in reality this bombshell Budget is nothing but austerity, which will ricochet across the country.

It is robbery, pure & simple, and they’re out to take as much as they can, while they can. Surely the masses of England will start to wake up soon, and realise that they are responsible for this. I wouldn’t want to be in George Osborne’ s shoes when that happens.

Whilst I agree with the sentiment of the article, I disagree with a number of the points made.

The Tories hierarchical position isn’t the fault of “capitalism” – it’s the fault of the neoliberal economic model of capitalism. There are ‘good’ (i.e. more benevolent) forms of capitalism, and unless you’re suggesting we all live in communes and barter with one another for goods and services, capitalism is the least worst economic model. What we need is a mixed economy which acts in the best interests of ALL UK residents, not simply favouring the 1% and/or the South East. Socialist capitalism doesn’t need to be an oxymoron. The state has a duty to interfere in economics In order to protect citizens.

Also, the poor aren’t really “paying more” – they’re receiving less. The lowest tax threshold is increased, meaning low earners actually pay less tax. However I get your point in terms of the disabled being hammered via the reduction in PIP etc.

Finally, no mention of the effective privatisation of education south of the border? Again this is another neoliberal ideological step – underfund local authorities, then say they can’t improve schools, then suggest private chums come in and sort everything out. Classic neoliberal privatisation of state assets. Many of the directors of academy chains are Tory donors. It’s blatant corruption carried out in plain sight. You mention attacks on the welfare state, but don’t attack this travesty – it’s arguably the most important part of the budget for the nation, albeit Scotland has (thankfully) got control of its own affairs in this area.

Nail hit on head re the NHS (in England). The Tory project is to hand over all state assets to their cronies in private enterprise (the Lords is stuffed with crooks who will benefit) and the push to Academies is another step along the road to privatising education. Nothing is safe – from a junta of millionaires elected by 25% of the electorate – and makes it all the more urgent we attain Independence

Every budget is a political balancing act that favours one side or the other and the truth is that a budget can be aimed at those that support the Party. The SNP for example have also pledged to have tax policies broadly in line with the Tories and support the middle rather then the bottom. It’s a sad indictment of our party political system that all parties have more concerns over staying in power rather than using powers to change and progress.